Combination furniture



July 3,1923.

c. E. KUHN COMBINATION FURNITURE Filed Feb.-l8 Q1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 July 3, 1923. j

. 1430.591 C. E. KUHN COMBINATION FURNITURE Filed Feb. 18, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented July 3, 1923.

I r CHARLES E. KUHN, OFHARRISBURG-,PENNSYLVANIA4' .1

, "citizen of the United States of America, and

- COMBINATION FURNITURE.

Application'filed Fe ary is, 1922. serial at. 537,567,

To all wkomitmw' concern: 1 7

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. KUHN, a

resident of Harrisburg, in the county of Dauphin and 'State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Furniture, of which :the followingisaspecification.

clothes rackand shelving effective to hold This invention 1 relates to combination furniture for laundry use more particularly, and the said invention has for an object the provision of a novel foldable ironing board,

clothesafter they are ironed, the said shelv-. ing being stepped,'one with relation to the other, and including novel means by which the shelving is supported.

I 2 '-It' is a further object of this invention'to 1 It is a further object of this'invention to produceva foldable frame and parts 21350-2 produce an article of furniture of the character indicated whichcan be k'n'ockeddown or folded in'order that it will occupy comparatively small space 'when stored.

ciated with it which can be readily manipulated for the purpose of assembllng or dismantling the parts thereof when it is to'be used or folded A With the :foregoing and other objects in view, the inventionzconsists in the details.

of construction, and the arrangement and combinatlon of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing'the invention 1n detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this application, wherein like characters denote correspond-'1 ing parts in the several views, and in whicha Figure 1 illustrates a perspective view of the article of furniture with the shelvin in supported positions; 7 I

igure 2 illustrates a perspective view thereof with the shelving removed and the ironing board applied to it;

Figure 3 illustrates a perspective view of the underneath side of the ironing board;

Figure 4 illustrates a perspective view of one of the shelf hangers;

Figure 5 illustrates a perspective view of another form of shelf sling or hanger;

Figures 6, 7 8 and 9 are plan views of the respective shelves.

In carrying the invention into practice, and in the present illustrated embodiment of the invention,'the frame comprises four carry, ,these posts 10," 11, and 13,the.postsbeing in pairs, two at each-end.

Each pair of posts, as .fOr

instance, the, posts-10' and 11, are iconnected together or braced by, rods 14,15 and--16,-but the number of. thesebraces maybe increased-or diminished, according to the requirements i practice. v As a further means for stabi lizmg the structure, the braces- 15 and 16 are connected by vertically, disposed rods f.

or braces 18 and 19. As the construction of,

the. two ends ,ofthe frame is identical, the

description of one end will serve asa; dis; 7

V closure to enablei-oneskilled.in the art to portions of the, invention into;

practice.

Thebrace 15 atf dt c ed tothe brace 14 at the other end and vice versa,

bythe diagonally disposed struts 2O and'21, the former of which is here shown as haveing a 1atch-22 whichijinterlocks j with the T strut 21 to hold the partsin :the position in j which'they appear in Fig. 1, but-the latch,-

of I course, i may be disengaged from the strut,

so that they may swing on the braces pivots to permit-nesting} o'f the ends wheni thewdevicelis tObGStOI'GdQQ:

The posts "project above thetop and the posts on oneiside form-anchorages for a shelf 23, bygreasono-fithe factjthat the brace .16,

said shelfhas apertures 24130 receive the upperi ends of theiposts, whereasthe shelf rests. on and is whollyv ,supportedrbfygthe braces. 16. vThe interlocking engagement of the shelf with the posts serves to preventit dislodgement, and it further'has the effect of bracing the end frames, so} that they will v not have a. tendency tovspreadapart. =J'I =he shelf 25' .,comprises a rectangular. sbo'ard" or.

element whichhas its ends resting in stirrups 26 that have'ends'27 partially encircling the brace 16 by which the stirrups are supported, and preferably,the ends of the shelf 25 extend between the vertically disposed braces 18 and 19.

The shelf 27* is of the same general configuration as the shelf 25, except that its outer corners are notched, as shown at 28,

to form clearances for the posts at the sideopposite to that to which the shelf 23 is apertured. The shelf 27 'rests on the braces 15, and hence it is on a lower plane. than the shelf 25. I i

A shelf 29 is preferably of the rectangular configuration and has its ends supported from brackets or slings, each of which comprises a member 30 having a 'hookBl that is canted with respect to the longitudinal axis of the member, and each hook is adapted to embrace one of the p'osts' ab'ove therbrace' constitutes the-support forthe shelf 29, it

being shown that when the shelf is applied tdtheexterisions of the slings,its inner edge bears against the post so that a bracing'actio'n' results which serves to-reta'in-the parts in their assembled relations to one another.

When the device is set upwiththe parts assembled as heretofore described, it may be'used as supports for clothes or the like which have been ironed, or it maybe otherwise employed.

, If the device is to be'converted into asupport for an ironing board, the shelving and the separate fikturesassociated with the shelvingwvill be removed, and the upper braces 16 will then be employed as a support for an ironing board 33. The under side of the ironing boardnlay have pairs of cleats 34 and 35, the cleats of each pair being in spaced relation to each other to form aclearance'for the brace'in order that longitudinal movement of the ironing board will-be prevented, even though'pressure is applied to it',- as in the act of ironing. The

ironing board is further provided with a handle 36 having its ends-extending through the board, and this handle'may be secured in place in any appropriate way.

The clothes rack which isassociated with the shelving and frame heretofore described is hingedly mounted on: one of the posts, and the saidrack, in the present embodiment ofthe invention, COHIPIISQS two endmembers 37 and 38 connected together by bars 39 which bars are pivotally connected tothe end'members inorder that the rack may be partially folded when it' is to be stored. The rack is hingedly connectedto one of the posts by'thebrackets 40, each of-which comprises a shank adapted to be anchored to the end piece 38 andaring or loop 4'1 is adapted to encircle the post so that the rack may be swung:to theposition shown in Fig. 1 or to the position shown in Fig. 2, and be capable of other adjustments, according to the wishes of the user.

device of thechar-acter indicated may be inexpensively manufactured and as it is capable of a wide range of use, it will form a desirable equipment as an article'ofhousehold furniture.

1. In combination furniture for household use, a frame comprising: endposts arranged in'pairs, braces connecting the'posts of each pair, means: for holding the pairs of end posts in spaced relation to each otlier, a series of shelves supported on the-frame in successively advanced positions, and on different planes, slin shaving hooked ends embracing two of the end posts and suspended thereon, said-slings ha vingiinwar dly turned ends constituting shelf engaging elements, and a shelfresting on said inwardlyturned ends and bearing; against theposts whereby the inward movement of the slings is limited, as and for thepurpose described;

2. In combination furniture for house c hold 'use, aframehavingiend posts arrangedin pairs, braces connecting-the posts of each pair, the said posts extending above: the braces, a shelf adapted to rest on the upper brace and'having an'aperture at each end; each of which receives an endpost, stirrups suspended fromthesaidbraces at each'end,

a shelf supported by the stirrups, a shelf having recesses in its edges fitted to-posts of the frame and 'supported on other of saidbraces, and slings having: hooks encir-- cling two of the end posts, each: of said slings having angular-1v disposed extensions underlying the main body of the sling: constitutingisupports for a shelf, and'ashelf on said extensions having. its edgesbraced against the posts encircled by the'hooks of the slings.

CHARLES E.- Kunui'. 

